Questions tagged [properties]
Questions about accessing object properties or attributes while scripting
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How to assign texture from the “texture properties” tab (Eevee)? [duplicate]
How can I assign a texture from the "Texture properties" tab to a material? This used to be simple in 2.79 but now all my textures are unlinked and I don't know how to assign them again. ...
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How to get rid of the name overlay on this vector control?
I can draw the control shown below on a panel using:
col = self.layout.column(align=True)
col.prop(bpy.context.scene.display, "light_direction")
But, the ...
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How to add a radian property to a panel and have it work?
I'm trying to add the Line art crease angle to my viewport panel. I thought it should be fairly straightforward. When I change it to 180 degrees using the slider control I get this in the console area:...
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How to register a function to the base of a collection property, rather than it's items
I have a collection property defined as:
bpy.types.Scene.my_list = CollectionProperty(type=MyListClass)
and I know that I can add a function to every item in that ...
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Problem reading folder path [duplicate]
I have a script where user can set specific folder path to work with. So I have a string property in property group class:
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Assigning a colour to a square side issue
I still very new to blender and have a issues with the program on Linux mint. I select a side of a square and assign a colour to it in material properties and some times it will work and some times ...
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Renaming a Properties with Drivers
So I have an issue with renaming Custom properties that are being used in a driver. As an example, I made a custom property for some drivers. But when I renamed the properties, the drivers associated ...
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Update String Property Every Time a Key is Pressed [duplicate]
I need to get what's been typed as it's happening.
The update function in a string property is only called when the typing is finished. Unfortunately I wasn't able to circumvent that.
So, is there a ...
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Can I bound an operator property with the value of another property?
In my specific example, I'm trying to generate objects rotating around an axis.
The object generation works as intended, however I wanted to add bounds to the properties to not allow overlap between ...
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How to toggle multiple objects shade smooth / flat?
Now i can only select and change one by one, and it's not possible to do that for hundreds of objects.
I select hierarchy of my buildings grp, and right click in 3d view does not return options about ...
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Value sliders are too fast even with shift pressed
I know pressing shift will allow me to do finer adjustments. However, in some cases, it's not enough:
For example I'm trying to fine-tune the distance of this bone constraint. Even with shift pressed,...
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What's _RNA_UI, and am I supposed to use it?
These questions:
How to edit a custom property in a python script?
Copy Custom Properties from one object to another
mentioned the usage of _RNA_UI. But I googled ...
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Edit multiple object properties simultaneously
So i selected multiple object and duplicate them . Then i went to properties editor , then "Type of active data to display and edit: Object" . In there , i can modify the global coordinate ...
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Can I programmatically register custom properties?
I have a lot of custom properties that use the same custom property class I've built to represent scientific notation. Within my register definition, I have to first register classes, and then ...
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How can I tell a For Loop to do something based on an object's custom property?
I have two spheres, both have a MATTYPE custom property, one has MATTYPE: A, and one has ...
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Blender's property definition: is this standard Python type annotation?
According to Blender's doc, this is how to define properties:
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My bone properties panel is missing!
I was working on a project trying to use wiggle bone but it messed up the object then decided to switch to spring bones so I added the add-on but it was still pretty messed up so I quit the project ...
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Dynamic Enum Property - Maximum Recursions Exceeded
Hello Blender/Python friends. I am having an issue I am hoping you can help me with.
I have a dynamic enum property that shows a dropdown with a list of current objects that fit certain criteria:
<...
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Can I create a custom property for the modifier stack?
I'm adding expression drivers to my modifiers structure. One of the variables I constantly use in different modifiers is the number of frames. Is there any way to attach the driver to a custom ...
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Store a variable Vector of integer as bpy.props [duplicate]
I am new in Blender dev. I am trying to create an add-on, and I need to store an array of integers. The problem is that I don't know the size of this array.
I used for testing the ...
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How to change a property of an operator, from another operator?
So I create an operator, I also declare a StringProperty in it:
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Custom/dynamic tooltips when hovering over properties in the UI
I recently found out about the great "Paint Palettes" addon that comes with Blender but one thing that I really would have liked to see implemented is useful tooltips like name and/or values ...
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custom properties via bpy.types.Scene not showing in UI
In a new blender file with v2.93.0 on arch linux, I go to the "Scripting" workspace and I run this in the console: ...
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Access `OperatorProperties` from `Operator.poll()`?
When you use UILayout().operator(), it returns an OperatorProperties() object to which you can assign default properties with ...
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Newbie needs help with Clothes simulation
I simulated a sleeveless shirt that I made for my character but for some reason when I hit the play button it separates in half as if it gets ripped off
I'm so confused cuz I didn't pressed anything ...
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Change dropdown, depending on selection of other dropdown
Working on a importer tool and want to select first brand and than the type,
so the type has to change after the brand is selected, it is depending on it.
Seems like I just have a update issue.
Here ...
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Animate mean tilt of all control points
In a curve, each invidivcontrol point has a value called Tilt. Changing the tilt will essentially "twist" the part of the curve. To change the tilt I simply select a control point, and ...
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Preferences Panel list, I'm unable to get list items to save to the addon preferences!
I don't know why but I've tried to get the property group to reference through the addon preferences for the list and been at this for four days and cant get anything to work. I've used this link ...
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Edit Python namespace used for property fields?
Numerical property input fields accept what seems to be arbitrary Python code. E.G.:
tau/pi evaluates out to 2.
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Hair particles on the plane going wierd
I am new to blender and I'm trying to learn stuff. Recently I learnt how to make the grass on a plane from particle settings from several youtube video references. And I tried to do it finally, Even ...
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How can I avoid Undo/Redo on StringPropery or bpy.props in general?
As per the question, is it possible to avoid the effect of Undo / Redo on a StringProperty? I've run into a situation where I have to avoid this, but I'm not sure if it can be done, and how.
At this ...
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Can I make a node group driver independent of materials?
I made a node group that contains a color ramp, and in order to control the color ramp from the outside I read that I have to use drivers. I have never used drivers before and feel lost right now.
So ...
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Properties with min and max range looking at other property
I created an Add-on with lots and lots of min and max values.
How can I made them looking at each other for the min and max value?
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IntProperty Context Menu
I'm using a template list for a collection of items in my addon's N-Panel tab. The template list requires an IntProperty as the index which works great. However, when I right click on any item in ...
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Globbing FILE_TYPE StringProperty
In a recent question a user asks about setting relative / absolute paths from a subtype='DIR_PATH' string property. Made me recall, (actually thought I had asked ...
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Where are .exr files listed in Properties dropdowns in Blender? [duplicate]
city.exr, courtyard.exr, forest.exr, interior.exr, night.exr, studio.exr, sunrise.exr, sunset.exr are shipped with Blender 2.92 and courtyard.exr wants to load by default into a simple refraction ...
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Changing default Blend Mode settings for materials
I would like to know how to change the default Blend Mode and Shadow Mode for any newly created material, because Opaque mode is useless to me. I wish Blender always gave my new materials Hashed mode ...
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Custom property with subtype “COLOR” limits not working until manually editing the property
Blender version 2.92.0
I'm trying to generate a custom property on an object using python but when i try to use the color wheel and value slider for that property in a menu, the value slider is broken ...
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How can I get the Float Property displayed in my Addon? [duplicate]
I've created an Addon which create a standard Light Rig with parameters for adjusting light intensity and color. After executing the code, the parameter of color shows in the addon while the one which ...
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How can I change multiple properties on the same and different nodes at the same time?
I'm working in the compositor, and I have several blur nodes that look like the following:
I want to make it so that I can control both the x and the y values at the same time. I also want to make it ...
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image texture doesnt appear after render
The imagetexture of an object appears in the viewport shading rendered but not with viewing render or after exporting. I use blender render. Thanks for help.
(first picture shows the view render, ...
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How do I define a command for each of the options?
I created a dropdown using dynamic property. How can I set it so that, for example, I can apply that modifier to the name of one of the modifiers selected in the list, but unfortunately I can not get ...
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Choosing right context for property in viewport panel [duplicate]
I have a simple panel that you can see in the viewport which is a shorter version of UI Panel Simple.
Seeing from other panels, by using Edit Source, they all define a context where the property is ...
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Is there a way to pull data from bpy.ops without putting the model into Edit Mode
I want to pull data from a bpy.ops command, something like
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Get all custom properties of an object
It's clear how to set and retrieve custom properties from an object with python, but how do you get all the custom properties that were set to an object ?
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Can't get my work to show on the cube
I'm new to blender and am following a tutorial on youtube about making a nebula in a cube. I have done a lot of work and it's looking really good with my textures and such, so I save the project and ...
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How do you access the object that a PointerProperty points to?
I have created a PointerProperty so that I can specify a target object that I want a my script to act on, but I can't seem to find any information about how to actually use the pointer property once I ...
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Break node connections from within Property Editor?
To create a node and connect it to a Property, I can click on the color-coded dot next to the Property name. This launches a pop-up menu of permitted input nodes for that data type.
So how do I BREAK ...
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How to add an animation fcurve to a custom property in python?
I'm creating Blender scenes from scratch in a python script. In my script, I'm adding a custom property to cameras, like this:
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API/Python - Dynamic Boolean Property
I'm making a program that imports stls of models I've sculpted and combines them as one stl. I have a panel with checkboxes for each file that can be imported. Then I have a separate function that ...
